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NAVIGATION OF THE

Bomosa.
The Peak or Saddle of Bomosa is in lat. 25° 55' N.
Jong. 55° 8' 50"
E. This island is low, except the remarkable saddle
peak, and some
small hummocks. It is surrounded by a reef near a mile off, and indif-
ferent anchorage may be found under it.
Bass adore.
The Point of Bassadore is in lat. 26° 39' 10" N., long. 55° 22' E It
is the north-western point of Kishm Island, and bears N. 17° 20'\Y from
the south-west point of the island, and from the Great Tomb N.4° \V
true bearing. The variation of the compass was 3° 41' in 1827*
This place was once a flourishing Portuguese settlement, and the ruins
of the town are still in existence. In 1821, the force stationed in the
Gulf for keeping down the pirate tribes was removed to this place from
Sallack, and was withdrawn in 1823; since when it has been the
head quarters of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Gulf. They have
a tolerable hospital and store-houses, and some houses occupied
occasionally by the commanders of the vessels stationed there. There
is a small bazar, and middling supplies. The place is the most healthy
on the island of Kishm, but far from being a desirable station.
To go into Bassadore from the southward with a fair wind, after the
Great Tomb bears SSE. £ E., steer over the flat N W. by N. to NNW.,
if in a large ship; and while the Tomb is in sight, keep it SSE. until
Bassadorc Point bears NE. i E. ; then steer, keeping it a little open on
the starboard bow. If you deepen to eight or nine fathoms, edge over
to the northern bank until you begin to shoal again, keeping a good
look-out for the beacon on the point of the dry part of the southern bank,
and distant about thirteen hundred yards from the Point. You may
round this at any distance from a cable-length to a quarter of a mile,
when haul in for the anchorage abreast of the hospital,- or a little above
it, in seven fathoms. You should be careful to be ready to anchor im­
mediately you are across the gut, which has twelve to sixteen fathoms
in, and is immediately without the anchoring ground.
In crossing the flat from the Great Tomb, there is a remarkable notch
in the high land of the Persian Coast, which, if seen, is an excellent
mark, by keeping it N. by W. i W. by compass, until Bassadorc Point
bears NE. £ E., when proceed as above.
If coming from the southward, with a strong south-easter, cross the
flat close, as above directed, being careful not to come under three
fathoms until you get Bassadore Point NE., andtl^®
E. by N., when haul your wind, and stand to the north
Point bears about E. by N., and you shoal to five fathoms on

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